Changes between Version 51 and Version 52 of Docs/825gen2/Dev/UpdatingLegacyAppsToNewLook

Timestamp:

04/04/25 12:36:18 (2 weeks ago)

Author:

Don Wilson

Comment:

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Docs/825gen2/Dev/UpdatingLegacyAppsToNewLook

@@ -28 +28 @@
 class CWeighingScreen
 {
+#ARM64
     CFormRect rectWtLbl_[NUM_WT_INDEXES]; // Location for gross, tare, net labels
     CFormRect rectWt_[NUM_WT_INDEXES];
@@ -40 +41 @@
     CFormRect rectOperator_;
     CFormRect rectDateTime_;
+#endif
 
 public:
@@ -47 +49 @@
    }
 
+#if ARM64
+    void SetupDisplayLocations(void);
+#endif
+
 };
-
-
-void SetupDisplayLocations(void)
+{{{
+
+4. Create a source file wght_screen.cpp in the src folder. Do not just copy this file from a standard project. Copy the SetupDisplayLocations portion of the file from a standard app.
+
+
+{{{#!c++
+#include "cardinal825.h"
+#include "appinfo.h"
+#include "apphelpers.h"
+#include "langstr.h"
+
+void CWeighingScreen::SetupDisplayLocations(void)
 {
         int n;
@@ -151 +166 @@
 }}}
 
+5. Most older app project have almost all of the code in the main cpp file. Most of the functions for displaying dynamic data on the main screen are named Show//XXXX// such as ShowDatetime, ShowGTN, etc...  Cut these functions from the main source file and paste them into the wght_screen.cpp file. Then update the function names to be class members. For example ShowDatetime will be:
+{{{
+void CWeighingScreen::ShowDateTime(void)
+{
+  
+}
+
+}}}
+
 4. Find the InitLCD function call and change as follows: